Finance plays a key role in the part of economic and business activities of the country.
Systematic and efficient flow of finance is needed to efficient and effective management of the business concern. Arrangement of finance to required business concern, should be properly maintained and channelised through regulated institutions and markets. In India, with the effect of the new economic policy, emerging needs of financial institution and markets should be looked after. Indian financial system has developed constantly and successfully to infuse the new blood to the economic development of the nation. Hence, the economic growth and development is purely based on the regulated and well established financial system of the country.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN INDIA
Financial system is the basic concept for the industrial development of the nation. Financial system provides adequate and smooth flow of finance to the needed parts. Indian financial system consists of the four important components such as:
• Financial Institutions
• Financial Markets
• Financial Instruments
• Financial Services.
Financial system implies a set of complex and closely connected or intermixed institutions, agent practices, markets, transactions, claims and liabilities in the economy.
The financial system is concerned about the money, loan and finance. These three parts are very closely interrelated with each other and depend on each parts.
Financial System
Financial Institutions
Financial Markets
Financial Services
Financial Instruments
Fig. 13.1 Financial System
Financial Institutions
Financial institutions are the major part of the Indian financial system. Hence, it is more importance than other component of the 1FS because all the components of IFS are directly or indirectly related with the financial institutions. Financial institutions are providing various services to the economic development with the help of issuing of the financial instruments.
Financial institutions can be classified into banking and non-banking institutions. Now in India, all the financial institutions are systematically regulated and controlled by respective act.
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Financial Institutions
Banking Non-banking
Non- ankingb Non-financial Institutions Non- ankingb
Financial Institutions Commercial
Banks
Cooperative Banks
Fig. 13.2 Financial Institutions
Banking Institutions
Banking institutions are the key part of the economic development of the nation. Any country’s financial transaction should be properly arranged from investors to the needed industrialist. Banking institutions play a major role in the field of savings and investments of money from public and lending loans to the business concern.
Indian Banking institutions may be classified into two board categories : (1) Commercial Banks (2) Cooperative Banks
Commercial Banks
Commercial Banks are the most important deposits mobilisation and disbursers of finance.
Indian commercial banks are the oldest, biggest and fastest growing financial institutions.
The main function of the commercial banks are accepting deposits and rendering loans to the public. Indian commercial banks can be classified into the following categories:
Scheduled Commercial Banks
Scheduled banks are those which are included in the second scheduled of Banking Regulation
Act 1965 and others are non scheduled banks. To be included in the second scheduled of the Banking regulation act the bank full fill the following conditions:
• Must have paid up capital and reserves of not less than Rs. five lakh.
• It must also satisfy the RBI that its affairs are conducted in a manner.
• It is required to maintain a certain amount of reserves with the RBI.
Nationalised Banks
To use financial institutions as the instrument of promoting economic and social development in a more purposeful manner and to overcome the monopoly over financial resources, the government of India nationalised 20 commercial banks during the tenure of Prime Minister of Indira Gandhi.
On July 19, 1969, the first nationalisation of 14 banks took place with the following banks:
1. Bank of India
2. Union Bank of India 3. Bank of Baroda 4. Bank of Maharashtra 5. Punjab National Bank 6. Indian Bank
7. Indian Overseas Bank 8. Central Bank of India 9. Canara Bank
10. Syndicate Bank
11. United Commercial Bank 12. Allahabad Bank
13. United Bank of India 14. Dena Bank
On April 15, 1980 the second nationalisation took place with the following banks:
1. Andhra Bank 2. Corporation Bank 3. New Bank of India
4. Oriental Bank of Commerce 5. Punjab and Sind Bank 6. Vijaya Bank
In October 1993 the new bank of India was merged with Punjab National Bank, in March 2007, Bhart Overseas Bank merged with Indian Overseas Bank therefore, at present there are only 19 nationalised banks in the country besides the RBI.
State Bank of India (SBI)
The largest Public sector bank of India which was created after nationalisation of Imperial Bank of India in 1955. It is now the largest commercial banks in India and in terms of branch largest in the world.
As part from the main State Bank of India, there are seven subsidiaries:
1. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur 5. State Bank of Hyderabad 2. State Bank of Indore 6. State Bank of Mysore 3. State Bank of Patiala 7. State Bank of Saurashtra 4. State Bank of Travancore
Indian Banking System
Reserve Bank of India
Scheduled Banks Non Scheduled Banks
State Co-op Banks
Commercial
Banks Central Co-op Banks
Commercial Banks
Indian Banks Foreign Banks
Public Sector Banks
Private Sectors Banks
SBI and its Subsidiaries
Other Nationalised Banks
RRB
Fig. 13.3 Indian Banking System
Growth and Structure of Commercial Banks in India
S. No. Particulars 1951 1986 1996 2002 2005
1. Number of Sch. Banks 92 79 91 98 98
2. Number of RRB - 194 196 196 196
3. Number of Non-Sch. Banks 474 3 3 4 4
Private Sectors Banks
These comprise of foreign and private domestic banks. The foreign banks have market share of 8.5% of total deposits into banking industry and the domestic private banks have a share of 5.8% of total deposits of the banking industry. Presently 31 private domestic banks and 33 foreign banks are functioning in India.
The following are the old generation private sector banks in India:
• Bharat Overseas Bank Ltd.
• City Union Bank Ltd.
• Development Credit Bank Ltd.
• Ing Vysya Bank Ltd.
• Karnataka Bank Ltd.
• Lord Krishna Bank Ltd.
• The Nainital Bank Ltd.
• SBI Coml. and Intl. Bank Ltd.
• Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank Ltd.
• The Bank of Rajasthan Ltd.
• The Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd.
• The Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd.
• The Federal Bank Ltd.
• The Ganesh Bank of Kurndwad Ltd.
• The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd.
• The Karur Vysys Bank Ltd.
• The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.
• The Ratnakar Bank Ltd.
• The Sangli Bank Ltd.
• The South Indian Bank Ltd.
• The United Wester Bank Ltd.
New Banks in Private Sectors
In the year 2000, the government of India related entry level for private sector by reducing the government holding in nationalised banks from 51% to 33%. The RBI in 2003 thereby issued directions for establishment of private banks in India. Some of the new banks in private sector as follows:
• UTI Bank Ltd.
• Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
• ICICI Bank Ltd.
• Global Trust Bank Ltd.
• HDFC Bank Ltd.
• Centurian Bank Ltd.
• Bank of Punjab Ltd.
• Times Bank Ltd.
• IDBI Bank Ltd.
• Development Credit Bank Ltd.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
Foreign Banks in India
RBI has been issuing licenses to various foreign banks to operate in India. 33 foreign and multinational banks are working in India today. The following are the major foreign banks play in Indian banking markets.
• ABN-Amro Bank N.V.
• Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Ltd.
• American Express Bank Ltd.
• Antwerp Diamond Bank N.V.
• Arab Bangladesh Bank Ltd.
• Bank International Indonesia
• Bank of America NA
• Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BSC
• Bank of Ceylon
• Barclays Bank PLC
• BNP Paribas
• Chinatrust Commercial Bank
• Chohund Bank
• Citibank N.A.
• Calyon Bank
• Credit Lyonnais
• Deutshe Bank AG
• Ing Bank N.V.
• JP Morgan Chase Bank
• Krung Thai Bank Public Company Ltd.
• Mashreq Bank psc
• MIZUHO Corporate Bank Ltd.
• Oman International Bank SAOG
• Societee Generale
• Sonali Bank
• Standard Chartered Bank
• State Bank of Mauritius Ltd.
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• The Bank of Nova Soctia
• The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
• The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.
• The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.
• UFJ Bank Ltd.
Non-banking Institutions
Apart from the banking institutions, Non-banking institutions are also performing their function to improve the Indian financial system. Non-banking Institutions can be classified into the following two major categories:
1. Non-banking Financial Institutions.
2. Non-banking Non-financial Institutions.
Non-banking Financial Institutions
Non-banking Financial Institutions are providing fund based services such as investment, insurance, mutual funds and lending institutions:
NBFI
National Level Institutions State Level Institutions
Financial Investment
SFC
IFCI IDBI ICICI LIC UTI
Fig. 13.4 Non-banking Financial Institutions
INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA (IFCI) Origin
Industrial Finance Corporation of India, the first development bank in India was set up in July, 1, 1948 by passing a special Act as Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act 1948 in the parliament.
Capital
Industrial finance corporation of India was started with the paid up share capital of Rs. 10 crore. The share capital was contributed by Reserve Bank of India, scheduled banks.
Insurance companies, investment trust and co-operative banks. Industrial finance corporation of India can raise further capital with the help of issue of bonds, debentures, accepts deposits from public and advance from RBI.
Objectives
The objective of Industrial finance corporation of India is to make medium and long-term credits more readily available to industrial concern in India particularly to the industries.
• Manufacturing, preservation or procession of goods
• The mining industry
• The shipping industries
• The hotel industries
• Generation or distribution of electricity or power Functions
The following are the main functions of the Industrial finance corporation of India:
1. Granting loans and advances.
2. Subscribing to the shares and debentures floated by industrial concern.
3. Guaranteeing loan taken from capital market.
4. Guarantee deferred payment in respect of import of capital goods by approved concerns.
5. Involves merchant banking activities.
6. Special assistance to women, SSI and backward area.
7. Consultancy for technical, marketing and financial.
Management
Industrial finance corporation of India is managed by the board of directors which consist of 12 directors and one full time chairman. Some of the directors are nominated by IDBI, Central government, Scheduled Commercial Bank, Co-operative Banks and Insurance Companies.
Subsidies of Industrial Finance Corporation of India
Apart from the financial service to the industrial concern Industrial finance corporation of India promote some of the institutions:
• Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd.
• Management Development Institute.
• Risk Capital and Technology Finance Corporation Ltd.
• Technical consultancy organisation.
• Investment information and credit rating agency of India.
Working Result
In 1970–71 loan sanctioned was Rs. 32.2 crore, in 1998 it was reached to Rs. 8684 crore.
The total sanctioned by Industrial finance corporation of India as at the end of March 1999 stood at Rs. 47245 crore. Now-a- days Industrial finance corporation of India providing all kind of financial assistance to medium and large scale industrial sector in India.
INDUSTRIAL CREDIT AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA(ICICI) Origin
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India was started in January, 5 1955 as a Public Ltd. Companies under the companies act. It is only development bank which has participation by foreign investors.
Capital
Paid up share Capital of Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India is Rs. 25 crore, which was contributed by commercial banks, insurance companies, foreign investors from UK, USA, Germany, France and Japan.
Objective
The following are the major objectives of Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India:
1. To provide following are the major objectives of Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India:
2. To develop underwriting facilities, to help private sector units.
Functions
The main functions of the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India are as follows:
• Expansion of private sector industries.
• To give loans or guarantee of loans either in rupees or foreign currency.
• To underwrite shares and debentures and subscribes directory to share issued.
• To encourage and promote private capital.
• To promote private ownership of industrial investment alongwith the expansion of investment market.
Management
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India is managed by the board of directors which full time chairman. The directors are nominated by Government, Reserve Bank of India Foreign shareholders and IDBI.
Subsidies of Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India is one of the leading and wide range of financial service providers in India. The following are the subsidies of the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India.
• ICICI Banking Corporation Ltd.
• ICICI Securities and Finance Company Ltd.
• ICICI Assets Management Company Ltd.
• ICICI Trust Ltd.
• ICICI Brokerage Service Ltd.
• ICICI Credit Corporation Ltd.
Working Result
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India provided financial assistance to industrial concerns has increased form 145.8 corer in 1961–62 to Rs. 34,220 crore in 1998–99 of the total loan sanctioned in 1998–99, 33% went to corporate finance, 29% to infrastructure, 19.5 each to oil gas and petrochemicals industries.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF INDIA (IDBI) Origin
The Industrial Development Bank of India was set up as a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI on July 1st 1964 under an act of parliament. In February 1976, it became an independent and autonomous bank.
Capital
Industrial Development Bank of India was started with initial paid up capital of Rs. 100 crores and now it can raise further capital with the help of issue of shares, debentures and accept deposits from public.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Industrial Development Bank of India are as follows:
• To provide credit, team finance, and financial services for the establishment of new projects.
• To expansion, diversification modernization and technology upgradation of existing Industrial concern.
• To provide several diversified financial products.
• To undertake merchant banking activities.
Functions
The functions of Industrial Development Bank of India are as follows:
1. Direct finance—Project loan, soft loan, technical development loan, equipment finance etc.
2. Indirect finance—Refinancing, rediscounting of bills, seed capital to new entrepreneurs.
3. Special assistance—Promotion of development assistance funds.
4. General assistance—Non-financial promotional activities like marketing, research, consultancy etc.
Management
Industrial Development Bank of India managed by board of directors which consist of 14 directors and one full time chairman. The directors are nominated by the government, Reserve Bank of India, company law board, insurance companies and various industries.
Subsidies of Industrial Development Bank of India are as follows:
• IDBI Bank Ltd.
• IDBI Capital Market Service Ltd.
• IDBI Mutual Funds.
• SIDBI
• IDBI Intech Ltd.
Industrial Development Bank of India has helped to set up the following institutions:
• Technical Consultancy Organization.
• EXIM Bank.
• Entrepreneurship Development Institute.
• Credit Rating and information service India Ltd.
Working Result
Total assistance sanctioned by Industrial Development Bank of India in 1998–99 was Rs. 25,555 crores, of this 96.7% goes to direct assistance, 0.4% belongs to refinance. The total amount of assistance sanctioned by the Industrial Development Bank of India till the end of March 1999 from the date of its incorporation has been Rs. 1,07,264 crores.
INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION BANK OF INDIA (IRBI) Origin
In April 1971, Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India (IRCI) was set up by IDBI and other development and public sector banks. IRCI was reconstituted and renamed as Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India in 1985 with a special Act in the parliament.
Capital
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India was started with initial paid up capital of Rs. 50 crore which is contributed by central government, Reserve Bank of India, SCB and various
financial institutions. Further capital can be raised with the help of issue of shares, debentures and accept deposits from public.
Objectives
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India was established mainly for rehabilitating sick industrial units in India.
• To identify and remedial measures to sick industries.
• To provides financial assistance to reconstruction of sick industrial units.
• To promote the sick units into profitable units.
Functions
The following are the major functions of the Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Credit and reconstruction agency for industrial revival modernization, rehabilitation, expansion, reorganization, diversification and rationalization. Empowered to grant loans and advances:
• Underwrite stocks, share and bonds.
• Guarantee loans and advances, performances and deferred payments.
• Gives assistance for capital expenditure, addition of balancing equipment etc.
Management
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India is managed by the Board of directors with a full time chairman. Directors are nominated by central government, Reserve Bank of India, Schedule commercial Bank and financial institutions.
Subsidies of Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
On March 27 1997, Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India was transformed into Industrial Investment Bank of India Ltd (IIBI) under the Companies Act. IIBI acts as a coordinating agency in the field of reconstruction.
Working Result
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India sanctioned financial assistance to various sick industrial units. Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India sanctioned Rs. 92 crores in 1980–
81 but it has increased to Rs. 4526 crore in 2002–03. It contributed 80% of the financial assistance at all over India.
STATE FINANCE CORPORATION (SFC) Origin
Central government decided to promote the Small Scale Industries and Medium Scale Industries at the state level by establishment of State Finance Corporation under a special Act. It is called as State Finance Corporation Act 1951. According to this act, state government have been empowered to set up State Finance Corporation. At present these are 18 State Finance Corporation in India.
Capital
State Finance Corporations will have a paid up capital from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 5 crore which will be contributed by the respective state government, Schedule Commercial Bank, Reserved Bank of India and various financial institutions.
Objectives
• To provides financial assistance to Small scale industries
• To promote tiny, village and cottage Industries
• To provides infrastructure facilities to SSI Functions
• Long term loans to Small Scale Industries.
• Refinance from Reserve Bank of India and Industrial Development Bank of India
• Assistance from International Development Agency (IDA) and foreign currency hire of credit from the IDBI
Management
State Finance Corporation are managed by Board of directors constituted by the respective State Government, Central Government, Reserve Bank of India, Schedule Commercial Bank and Financial Institutions as nominated directors to the State Finance Corporation.
STATE FINANCE CORPORATION IN TAMIL NADU
The Madras Industrial Investment Corporation (MIIC) was started as early as 1949, under the companies act and it was renamed as Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation (TIIC). It was the first State Finance Corporation in India, after the establishment of the State Finance Corporation Act, 1951, the first State Finance Corporation was in Punjab in 1953.
EXPORT IMPORT BANK (EXIM BANK) Origin
EXIM bank was set up in January 1982 as a wholly owned by the central government.
Capital
EXIM bank was established with the paid up capital of Rs. 50 crores. It is empowered from RBI and also from central government to further capital raise by issue of bonds and grants from government.
Objectives
EXIM bank was established mainly for the purpose of promoting export and trading in India. The objectives are as follows:
• To promote the export and import activities
• To meet the financial requirements of the exporters
• To provides guarantee and make foreign exchange facilities to exporters.
Functions
EXIM banks performs the following important functions:
1. Grants direct loans in India and outside for import and export.
2. Refinances loans and suppliers of credit.
3. Rediscounts usance export bills export bills for banks.
4. Provides overseas investment finance.
5. Bulk import finance.
6. Foreign currency preshipment credit.
7. Product equipment finance programme.
8. Business advisory and technical assistance (BATA).
Management
EXIM bank is one of the wholly owned by central government, hence, the entire management is controlled by the central government.
Working Result
EXIM banks business is exclusively devoted to India’s export and import activities. The aggregate loans and outstanding reached Rs. 16.16 billion during the first decade of the its operation. During the year 1990–91, it was sanctioned Rs. 1984 crore and it has increased to Rs. 12011 crore in 2002–03. The share of EXIM bank in industrial finance is 2.11% in the year 2002–03.
NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Origin
The National Bank for agricultural and rural development was set up on July 12, 1982, based on the Recommendation of the All India rural credit survey committee under an act of Parliament as a central or apex institution for financing agricultural and rural sectors. It has taken over the functions of Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC) and Agricultural credit department of Reserve Bank of India.
Capital
The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development Functioning with the paid up capital of Rs. 100 crore which is subscribed by Government and Reserve Bank of India in equal amount. Further capital can be raised from the special borrowings from the Central Government.
Objectives
The main objectives of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development are as follows:
• To provides refinance assistance for agriculture, Small Scale Industries and Village Industries.
• To undertakes promotional activities for integrated rural development
• To coordinates agricultural finance alongwith the state government
• To undertakes research and development in agriculture, rural industries Functions
The National Bank for agricultural and rural development discharges are:
It provides all sorts of reference to Co-operatives, Commercial Banks, and Regional Rural Banks, in respect the above three agencies and advices the government thereon. It makes loans to state government to enable them to subscribe to the share capital of co-operative bank.
It helps in promoting research in agriculture and rural development. National bank for agricultural and rural development undertakes evaluation and monitoring projects financed by it. It is responsible for the development, operation and co-ordination relating to rural credit.
Management
National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development is wholly owned by central government, hence it is managed by the central government constituted management board.
Working Result
National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development operates through 28 regional offices, 336 district offices, one sub-office at Port blair and one special cell in Srinagar during the year 1986. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development sanctioned short-term credit to Small Scale Industries Rs. 400 crore and it has increased to Rs. 1200 crore in the year 1990-91. Nearly Rs. 400 crore have been provided as medium term loans to various activities, Rs. 200 crore have been sanctioned as long-term loans contributing to the share capital of co-operative institutions.
National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development has refinanced banks for implementing the national programmes of mass assistance of small and marginal farmers. It also refinance development activities of the handloom sectors. It extends refinance to state co-operative banks, provide block capital to industrial Co-operative Societies and rural artisans against state government guarantee. Service area approach of commercial banks is supported by National bank for agricultural and rural development through various special assistance.
SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
The following are the specialized financial institutions established by government to provide financial and non–financial assistance to various industrial sectors in India.
• Shipping Credit and Investment Corporation of India (SCICI), 1986.
• Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Service Limited (IL and FS), 1988.
• Technology Development and Information Company of India Limited (TDICI), 1988.
• Risk Capital and Technology Finance Corporation Limited (RCTFC), 1988.
• Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI), 1989.
• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), 1989.
• Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), 1997.
INSURANCE SECTOR IN INDIA
Insurance is one of the fund based financial services which provides risk coverage facilities to the human beings. Realising the vast potential in Indian market, foreign insurance companies started entering into India and even banking organisations (SBI, ICICI, etc.) also showed much interest in insurance business, this is being attributed to global technology and conversions of services as a result of which Indian Insurance market registered highest growth in the Asian region even though Indian’s share of global insurance premium is less 0.5% (1998) than that of US 24.2 percent and Japan 21 percent. The private players from India and abroad are well aware that only 25 percent of the insurable population have been covered by insurance by existing companies which includes that Indian insurance market has potential enough to exploit. In this process IRDA has so for granted registration for 12 private life insurance companies and 9 general insurance. If the existing public sector insurance companies are included, there are currently 14 insurance companies in the life side and 13 companies in general insurance business.
Insurance sectors in India has been classified into the following categories:
Insurance Sector
Public Sector Insurance
Private Sector Insurance
Life Insurance General Insurance Life Insurance General Insurance
LIC of India Postal Life Insurance
National Insurance
New India Assurance Corporation
Oriental fire and General Insurance Corporation
United India Insurance corporation
Fig. 13.5 Insurance Sector
Some of the Private Sector Life Insurance Corporation
• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• ING Vysya Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• HDFC Standard Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• Birla Sun Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• SBI Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• Om Kotak Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• Met Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• Max New Yark Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• Tata AIG Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
• AMP Sanmar Life Insurance Corporation Limited.
Some of the Private Sector General Insurance Corporation in India are as follows:
• CH NBH Assn General Insurance Corporation.
• ICICI Lombard General Insurance Corporation.
• Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Corporation.
• AIG General Insurance Corporation.
• IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Corporation.
• Royal Sundaram General Insurance Corporation.
• Reliance General Insurance Corporation.
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was set up in the year 1956 by nationalizing 245 insurance companies. The Primary objective of nationalization was to protect the interest of policy-holders against misuses and embezzlement of funds by private insurance companies.
Secondly, the object of nationalization was to direct investment of funds in government securities, leaving a meager part for the private sector.
What marks and distinguishes the LIC from other long-term financial institutions is this that it discharges the two fold function of mobilization of long-term savings and their effective channelisation as well. The other agencies are suppliers of fund obtained from government and the Reserve Bank of India.
Role of LIC
The activities of the LIC can be broadly classified into two categories. First, it mobilizes long- term contractual savings. Its policy-holders view the LIC as a trustee of their funds, a source of emergency fund to guard against any financial misfortune and a way to accumulates funds by the time of retirement from work. As an agency it is designed to the inculcation of savings for the sake of rainy days.
During the last forty years of its operations, there has been concentration of colossal funds in hands of this monolithic state owned corporation.
The resources thus obtained by the LIC from policy-holders are invested in diverse ways for different purposes. Basically LIC is an investment institution. It is a big investor of funds in government marketable securities. Since April, 1975 the amended Section 27A of the Insurance Act, 1938 the LIC is required to invest to not less than 50% of its accruals of premium income in government marketable securities. Of this not less than 25% in central government securities. Besides it has to give loans to approved authorities like electricity boards or state government for socially oriented schemes like electricity, housing, water supply etc. These loans and investments should not exceed 87.5 percent of accretion to the controlled fund of the LIC.
The remaining 12.5 percent can be made to the private sector directly in the form of purchase of shares and debentures. Besides it grants loans to the private corporate sector and finances projects by subscribing shares and debentures of private industries. Its contribution to financing of industries in the private corporate sector is also indirect. The investment in the share capital and bonds of IFCI, SFCs, UTI and IDBI flow back to private sector in the form of direct loans. The LIC is also engaged in underwriting new issues.
The LIC plays an important role in the securities market in India. It purchases even when the market is dull (bearish) and prices are low in order to reap the benefit of future price appreciation. Nor does it usually sell shares from its stock when the market is spturn at higher prices.
Although Income Tax concessions provide incentive to higher income groups through LIC policies, the insuring public does not get the real value of its long-term savings because of chronic inflation. Barring risk coverage, the rate of return offered by LIC is much lower compared to other savings media. It is true LIC has grown at a fast speed yet it can grow at a faster rate if it can make the message of life insurance more attractive by its operational efficiency and innovative attitude.
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
The General Insurance Corporation of India(GIC) was formed as a government company in 1972 under the General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act 1972. Before nationalization a few big companies and about 100 small companies were in this business.
All these units were merged together and reorganized into four subsidies of GIC. They are:
• National Insurance Company
• New India Assurance Company
• Oriental Fire and General Insurance Company
• United India Fire and General Insurance Company.
On January 1, 1973 of all the Indian insurance companies were transferred to the GIC.
The feature of the GIC is this that it sell insurance service against some forms of risk like
loss of physical assets of various kinds from fire or accident and against personal sickness and accident. The insurer just purchases a service and not any financial asset. They draw vast resources in the other approved securities.
As a financial intermediary, the GIC invests funds in a prudent way looking after national priorities and meeting unforeseen claims under their policies. The GIC is required by law to hold central government securities to the tune of 25 percent of new accrual and at least 10% in other approved securities.
The companies can invest in the shares and debentures of the corporate sector. But shall not exceed 5%of the subscribed capital of a single company. It also participates in the underwriting of new issues and in granting term loans to industries.
UNIT TRUST OF INDIA Origin
Unit trust was set up in 1964 by a special act passed in the parliament under the name of Unit Trust of India Act 1963, for the purpose to promote and regulate the mutual fund activities in India.
Capital
The initial capital of Unit Trust of India was Rs. 5 crores which was contributed by Reserve Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation, State Bank of India, Schedule Commercial Banks and foreign banks. Unit Trust of India can raise further capital through issue of bonds, accepting deposits and borrowings from Reserve Bank of India and Life Insurance Corporation.
Objectives
Unit Trust of India functioning with the following major objectives:
• To promote the saving habits of small and medium investors.
• To provide stock exchange benefits to the small and medium investors.
• To reduce the risk of investors through diversified investment.
• To invest the funds on commercial purpose.
Functions
Unit Trust of India performs the following important functions:
• Mobilisation of funds through mutual funds.
• Grant term loans.
• Rediscount Bills.
• Undertake equipment leasing and hire purchasing.
• Housing and construction finance .
• Merchant banking services.
• Portfolio management services.
Management
Unit Trust of India is managed with an independent board of Trustees and a full time chairman, which is appointed by the government. The trustees are nominated by the Reserve Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation, State Bank of India and other commercial banks.
Subsidiaries of Unit Trust of India
Unit Trust of India also established some of the associates and group of institutions apart from their regular services:
• UTI Securities Exchange Limited –1994
• UTI Bank Ltd.–1994
• UTI Investment Advisory Service Limited–1988
• UTI Investors Services Limited–1993
• UTI Institute of Capital Market–1989
• UTI contributed to the establishments of the following institutions or organisations:
• Credit Rating Information Service of India Limited (CRISIL)
• Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited (ICRA)
• Credit Analysis and Research Limited (CARE)
• Discount Finance House of India (DFHI)
• Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL)
• Over the Counter Exchange of India Limited (OTCEI) Schemes of Unit Trust of India
Unit Trust of India introduced various scheme in the different periods. The major Unit Trust of India schemes are under:
• Unit Scheme–64
• Monthly Income Scheme
• Children College and Career Fund Scheme
• Grihalakshmi Unit Plan
• UTI Bond Fund
• UTI Money Market Fund
• UTI Growth Sector Fund
• UTI Master Share.
Working Result of Unit Trust of India
Up to 1987 UTI enjoys the Monopoly power in the field of merchant banking activities.
In terms of cumulative indicators it accounted for 34% of the total schemes, 83% of the resource mobilized, 82% the investment and 81% of the unit holding accounts at
4th end of 1995-96. The gross net resources mobilized by Unit Trust of India through open ended schemes were Rs 7092 crore and closed ended schemes were Rs 3.85 crore in the year 2002-03. The Growth performance of the Unit Trust of India has been explained in the below table.
Year Sales Repurchase Investable Repurchase as % of Sales
1964–65 19 0.4 25 2.06
1985–86 892 63 3218 7.06
1995–96 6373 7643 56620 119.92
2000–01 7910 10491 69346 132.63
2002–03 5767 11194 51990 194.10
Source: UTI reports
NON-BANKING NON-FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Non-banking non–financial institutions are providing fee based services to the public, such as merchant banking, underwriting, counseling, etc. These institutions will not lending any financial assistance to public but they will provide financial services.
NBNFI
Merchant Banking Underwriting Credit Rating Consultancy Project Preparation
Fig. 13.6 Non-banking Non-financial Institutions
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Financial market deals in financial securities or instruments and financial services. It may be variously classified as primary and secondary, money markets and capital markets, organised and unorganised markets official and parallel markets, and foreign and domestic markets. Financial market provides money and capital supply to the industrial concern as well as promote the savings and investments habits of the public. In simple censes financial market is a market which deals with various financial instruments (share, debenture, bonds, treasury bills, commercial bills etc.) and financial services (merchant banking, underwriting etc).
Financial markets may be divided into two major classifications:
A. Capital market B. Money market
Financial Market
Money Market Capital Market
Primary Market Secondary Market Primary Market Money Market
Call Money Market
Treasury Bill Market
Commercial Bills Market
Short-term Loan Market
Stock
Market Debt Market
Over the Counter Exchange of India
(OTCEI)
Regional Stock Exchange
(RSE)
National Stock Exchange
(NSE) Fig. 13.7 Financial Market
Capital Market
Capital market may be defined as on organised mechanism for effective and efficient transfer of money-capital or financial recourses from the individuals or institutional savers to industrialist. The development of a effective capital market depends upon the availability of savings, well organised financial system and the entrepreneurship quantities of its people.
Capital market is a market for long-term funds, just as the money market is the market for short-term funds. It refers to all the facilities and the institutional arrangements for borrowing and lending term funds (medium-term and long-term funds). It does not deal in capital for purpose of investment.
The demand for long-term money capital comes predominantly from private sector manufacturing industries and agriculture and from the government largely for the purpose of economic development. As the central and state governments investment are not only on economic overheads as transport, irrigation and power development but also on basic industries and some times, even consumer goods industries, they require substantial sums from the capital market. The supply of funds for the capital market comes largely from individual savers, corporate savings, banks, insurance companies, specialized financing agencies and government.
Among institutions, we may refer to the following:
1. Commercial banks are important investors, but are largely interested in government securities and, to a small extent, debentures of companies.
2. LIC and GIC are growing importance in the Indian capital market, though their major interest is still in government securities.
3. Provident funds constitute a major medium of savings but their investments are mostly in government securities.
4. Special institutions set up since Independence, viz. the IFCI, ICICI, IDBI, UTI etc., all these aim at providing long-term capital to the private sector.
The capital market in India can be classified into
• Gilt-edged Market on Government and Semi-government Securities;
• Industrial Securities Market;
• Development Financial Institutions (DFI), and
• Non-banking Financial Companies (NBFC)
Capital Market in India
Gilt-edged Market
Industrial Securities Market
Development Financial Institutions (DFI)
Financial Intermediaries
New Issues Market
Old Issues Market Stock
Exchange
IFCI ICICI SFCs IDBI IIBI UTI
Merchant Banks
Mutual Funds
Leasing Companies
Venture Capital
Others Companies Fig. 13.8 Capital Market in India
The Gilt-edged market is the market for Government and semi-government securities, which carry fixed interest rates and backed by RBI . The securities traded in this market are stable in value and are much sought after by banks and other institutions.
The industrial securities market is the market for equities and debentures of companies of the corporate sector. This market further classified into (a) New Issues Markets; for raising fresh capital in the form of shares and debentures, and (b) Old Issues Market; for buying and selling shares and debentures of existing companies–this market is commonly known as the stock market or stock exchange.
Both markets are equally important, but often the new issues market will be facilitated only when there are abundant facilities for transfer of existing securities. The capital market is also classified into Primary Capital Market and Secondary Capital Market.
The primary capital market refers to the new issues market, which relates to the issue of shares, preference shares and debentures of non-government public limited companies, and also to the raising of fresh capital by Government companies, and also to the raising of fresh capital by Government companies and the issue of public sector bonds.
The secondary capital market, on the other hand, is the market for old or already issued securities. It is composed of Industry Security Market or the stock exchange in where industrial securities are bought and sold, and the Gilt-edged Market where the government and semi-government, securities are traded.
MIBOR and MIBID
On June 15, 1998 National Stock Exchange launched two new Reference Rates for the loans of Inter-Bank Call Money Market. These rates are Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate (MIBOR) and Mumbai Inter-Bank Bid Rate (MIBID).
MIBOR will be the indicator of Landing Rate for loans which MIBID will be the landing rate of receipts.
Share Market
India has a well developed share market system, which is one of the best in the developing world. It has one of the oldest stock markets in Asia. The first stock exchange was established in 1875 in Bombay (Mumbai), when the stock brokers against at their plight following the severe depression in securities, decided to form an association to protect the character and interest of native share and stock brokers.
India has the second largest share holding population with around 1.5 crore shareholders;
next only to the United States of America which has about 5 crore shareholders. India is significantly ahead of countries like Japan, United Kingdom and France in this regard, the Indian figure may look impressive, but it constitutes only 1.5 percent of the total population.
The country also has a large number of debenture holders, whose figure stands at around 50 lakhs (5 million). Here, it is important to note that most of the debenture holders are prospective shareholders as they are waiting for the conversion of their debentures into equity shares. The enhanced interest in capital market is a result of increasing industrialization, growing awareness among people and globalization of the capital market.
Indian capital market can be divided into primary market (new issues market) and secondary market.
Primary Market
The primary market refers to the set up by which the industry raises funds by issuing different types of securities. These securities are issued directly to the investors, both individual and institutions. The primary market discharges the important function of transfer of savings, especially of the individual, Government and public sector undertakings.
In the primary market, the new issues of securities are presented in the form of Public issues, Right issues and Private Placements. Its efficient operation is made possible by the financial intermediaries and financial institutions, who arrange long-term financial transactions for the clients. Issues of the securities in the primary market may be made through (i) Prospectus, (ii) Offer for sale, and (iii) Private placement. The securities offered
to the public through prospectus are directly subscribed by the investor. The issuing companies widely publicise the offer through various media. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has classified various issues in three groups i.e., New issues, Right issues and Preferential issues.
The SEBI has issued various guidelines regarding proper disclosure for investor’s protection. These guidelines are required to be duly observed by the companies making issue of capital. The guidelines issued by the SEBI broadly cover the requirements regarding issue of capital by the companies. The guidelines are applicable to all the companies after the repeal of Controller of Capital Issues (CCI ) Act 1947.
The boom in the primary capital market, that started in the mid-eighties and accelerated thereafter, started slowing down by 1995. There are several reasons for this slowing down of resource mobilization in the primary market. In particular, the low return on new issues, some resulting in stock market fiasco, seems to have shattered the confidence of the investors.
Secondary Market
The secondary market refers to the network system for the subsequent sale and purchase of securities. An investor can apply and get allotted, a specified number of securities by the issuing company in the primary market. However, once allotted, the securities can thereafter be sold and purchased in the secondary market only.
A security emerges in the primary market, but its subsequent movement takes place in the secondary market. Secondary market is represented by stock exchanges in the capital market. Stock exchanges provide an organized market place for investors to trade in securities.
A stock exchange permits the prices of the securities to be determined by the market forces.
The bidding process flows from demand and supply, underlying each security. This means that the specific price of a security is determined, more or less, in the manner of an auction.
Stock exchange provides a market in which the members (share brokers) and investors participate to ensure liquidity to the latter. At present, there are 22 stock exchanges operating in India. Approved Stock Exchanges in India as follows:
1. Meerut Stock Exchange, Meerut (UP) 2. UP Stock Exchange, Kanpur (UP)
3. Mumbai Stock Exchange, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
4. Over the Counter Exchange of India, Mumbai (Maharashtra) 5. National Stock Exchange, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
6. Pune Stock Exchange, Pune (Maharashtra)
7. Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 8. Sourashtra Stock Exchange, Rajkot (Gujarat) 9. Vadodara Stock Exchange, Vadodara (Gujarat) 10. Bangalore Stock Exchange, Bangalore(Karnataka) 11. Canara Stock Exchange, Mangalore (Karnataka)
12. Bhubaneshwar Stock Exchange, Bhubaneshwar (Orissa) 13. Calcutta Stock Exchange, Calcutta (West Bengal)
14. Delhi Stock Exchange, Delhi.
15. Guwahati Stock Exchange, Guwahati (Assam)
16. Hyderabad Stock Exchange, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) 17. Jaipur Stock Exchange, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
18. Ludhiana Stock Exchange, Ludhiana (Punjab) 19. Chennai Stock Exchange, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 20. Coimbatore Stock Exchange, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
21. MP Stock Exchange, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) 22. Magadh Stock Exchange, Patna (Bihar)
23. Capital Stock Exchange, Kerala Ltd. Tiruvananthapuram (Kerala) 24. Cochin Stock Exchange, Cochin (Kerala)
Secondary market in India got a boost when Over The Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) were established. It may be noted that NSE and OTCEI have been established by the all India Financial Institution, while other stock exchanges are in the form of associations.
Methods of Raising Capital
Shares: Otherwise known as ‘ordinary shares’ these are shares in the issued capital of company which are held on terms that make the holder a ‘member’ of the company, entitled to vote at annual meetings and elect directors, and to participate through dividends in the profits of the company. The holders of the ordinary shares carry the residual risk of the business: they rank after debenture holders and preference shareholders for the payment of dividends and they are liable for losses, although this liability is limited to the value of the share and to the limit of guarantee given by them.
Debentures: Fixed-interest securities issued by limited companies in return for long-term loans. The term is sometimes also used to refer to any title on a secured interest–
bearing loan. Debentures are dated for redemption (i.e. repayment of their nominal value by the borrower to the holder), debentures are usually secured. Debenture interest must be paid whether the company makes a profit or not. In the event of non-payment debenture holders can force liquidation and rank ahead of all shareholders in their claims on the company’s assets. The interest which debentures bear depends partly on long-term rates of interest prevailing at the time and partly on the type of debenture, but will in any case, because of the lower risk involved is less than borne by preference shares. Debenture shares are most appropriate for financing companies whose profits are stable and which have substantial fixed assets, such property companies.
Convertible debentures: These carry an option at a fixed future date to convert the stock into ordinary shares at a fixed price. This option is compensated for by a lower rate of interest than an ordinary debenture, but convertible debentures are attractive since they offer the investor, without sacrificing his security, the prospect of purchasing equity shares cheaply in the future. For this reason, convertible debentures are issued at a time when it is difficult to raise capital either by equity or fixed interest securities. There are three ways in which a company may raise capital in the primary market.
PUBLIC ISSUE
By far the most important mode of issuing securities, a public issue involves sale of securities to the public at large. A company making a public issue informs the public about it through statutory announcements in the newspapers, makes application forms available through stock brokers and others and keeps the subscription open for a period of three to seven days. If the issue is over-subscribed, the pattern of allotment is decided in consultation with the stock exchange where the issue is proposed to be listed.
After the allotment pattern is finalized the company mails the allotment advice/letter alongwith refund order, if any. This is supposed to be done within 10 weeks of the closure of subscription. If the full amount is not asked for at the time of allotment, the balance is called in one or two calls later. The letter of allotment is exchangeable for share certificates (or debenture certificates, as the case may be), after it is duly stamped by the bank where the balance payment is made.
Of course, if the allottee wants he can sell the letter of allotment itself by transmitting it alongwith a transfer deed. If the allottee fails to pay to call money as and when called by the company, the shares are liable to be forfeited. In such a case, the allottee is not eligible for any refund of the amounts already paid. While a new company set up by promoters without a track record is required to issue its shares at par, other companies are allowed to make a public issue at a premium.
Right Issue
A right issue involves selling securities in the primary market by issuing rights to the existing shareholders. When a company issues additional equity capital, it has to be offered in the first instance to the existing shareholders on a pro rata (proportional) basis. This is required under Section 81 of the Companies Act 1956. The shareholders however, may by a special resolution forfeit this right, partially or fully, to enable a company to issue additional capital to the public.
Private Placement
In a private placement, funds are raised in the primary market by issuing securities privately to some investors without resorting to underwriting (insurance against risk by a guarantor).
The investors in this case may by financial institutions, commercial banks, other companies, shareholders of promoting companies, and friends and associates of the promoters.
Group A and Group B Shares
The listed shares are divided into two categories: Group A shares (also referred to as cleared securities or specified shares) and Group B shares (also referred to as non-cleared securities or non-specified shares).
For Group A shares, the facility for carrying forward a transaction from one account period to another is available; for Group B shares, it is not. Group A shares basically represent large, well-established companies that have a broad investor base and are very actively traded.
Since transactions in these shares can be carried forward, these shares attract a lot of speculative trading.
This seems to be the reason why these shares, other things being equal, tend to command higher price-earning multiples. This is clear from the fact that whenever a share is moved from Group B to Group A, its market price rises; likewise, when a share is shifted from group A to Group B market price declines.
The Mumbai Stock Exchange employs several criteria for shifting stocks from the non-specified list to the specified list. The key ones are that the company must have an equity base of Rs. 10 crore, a market capitalization of Rs. 25–30 crore, a public holding of 35 to 40 percent, a shareholding population of 15,000 to 20,000 a dividend paying status and a good growth potential.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (SEBI)
In 1988, SEBI was created by an administrative feat of the Ministry of Finance. Since then SEBI has gradually been granted more and more powers. With the repeal of the Capital Issues Control Act and the enactment of the SEBI Act in 1992, the regulation of the primary market has become the preserve of SEBI. Further, the Ministry of Finance has transferred a number of powers under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956 also to SEBI.
Before the establishment of the SEBI, the principal legislations governing the securities markets in India were the Capital Issues Control Act 1956 (governing the primary market) and the Securities Contract (Regulation) Act 1956 (governing the secondary market). The regulatory powers were vested with the Controller of Capital Issues (for the primary market) and the Stock Exchange Division (for the secondary market) in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Functions
1. The SEBI Act armed SEBI with statutory powers.
2. It has entrusted SEBI with the responsibility of dealing with various matters relating to the capital market.
SEBI’s principle tasks are to:
1. regulate the business in stock exchanges and any other securities market.
2. register and regulate the working of capital market intermediaries (brokers, merchant bankers, portfolio mangers and so on).
3. register and regulate the working of mutual funds.
4. promote and regulate self-regulatory organizations.
5. prohibit fraudulent and unfair trade practices in securities markets.
6. promote investors’ education and training of intermediaries of securities markets.
7. prohibit insider trading in securities.
8. regulate substantial acquisition of shares and take-over of companies.
9. perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
Trading Procedure at Stock Exchanges
Securities can be traded at a stock exchange only if it is listed at that stock exchange or any of the other stock exchanges. Listing is a procedure by which, the issuing company has to enter into an agreement, called the listing agreement, with a stock exchange and has to abide by the clauses of the listing agreement regarding disclosure of information, payment of listing fees redressal of investor’s grievance etc.
Once listed, the security can be traded at other stock exchanges too. The sale and purchase (transaction) of securities at the stock exchange can be done only through registered share brokers. An investor desiring to enter into a transaction has to place an order with one of the share brokers. In the ‘outcry’ system where the brokers used to shout, the deals are confirmed in few hours but in the screen-based system, the deals are confirmed immediately. The investor then gives the delivery of the securities in case of sale, or makes the payment in case of purchase of security, to the stock broker.
The stock broker in turn makes the payment for the securities sold or delivers the security certificate purchased on the completion of settlement programme of the stock exchange.
Generally, it takes 15 to 20 days for completion of the transaction. The National Stock Exchange and the Over The Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI) have been operating since their inception at the national level through satellite-linked computer based system. To be in tune with the NSE, the stock exchanges at Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedebad, and Calcutta, have already converted their operations from the ‘outcry’ system to the computerised one. The transactions at these stock exchanges now take place through computer based online screen system.
Recent Trends in Capital Market
In recent years, Non-Banking Finance companies, variously called as “finance companies or corporations”. Finance companies have mushroomed all over the country and have been making rapid progress. These finance companies or corporations, with very little capital of their own–less than Rs. 1 lakh have been raising deposits from the public by offering attractive rates of interest and other incentives.
They advance loans to wholesale and retail traders, small-scale industries and self- employed persons. Bulk of their loans is given to parties which do not either approach commercial banks or are denied credit facilities by the latter. The finance companies give loans which are generally unsecured and the rate of interest charged by the then generally range between 24 to 36 percent per annum.
The number of official stock exchanges (SEs) in India has increased from nine in 1979–80 to 23 as at the end of March 2003. In fact, the number of SEs has remained to be 23 during 1993-94 to 2000-03. India has not the largest number of organized and recognized SEs in the world. All of them are regulated by the SEBI. They are organized either as voluntary, non-profit-making associations (viz., Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Indore), or public limited companies (viz., Calcutta, Delhi, Bangalore), or company limited by guarantee (viz., Chennai, Hyderabad).
The BSE is the premier or apex stock exchange in India. It is the biggest in size in terms of the amount of fresh capital raised, secondary market turnover and captialisation and the total listed companies and their paid-up capital. It is also the oldest market and has been recognized permanently, while the recognition for other exchanges is renewed every five years. Its business is no longer confined to Mumbai alone; at the end of 1997, there were 100 other cities in which it had set up business.
The NSEI has a fully automated, electronic, screen-based trading system. It is sponsored by the IDBI and co-sponsored by other term-lending institutions, LIC, GIC, other insurance companies, commercial banks, and other financial institutions; viz., SBI Caps, SHCIL, and ILFs. Its objectives are : (a) to provide nation-wide equal access and fair, efficient, completely transparent securities trading system to investors by using suitable communication network, (b) to provide shorter settlement cycles and book entry settlement system, (c) to bring the Indian stock market in line with international markets, (d) to promote the secondary market in debt instruments such as government and corporate bonds.
It was set up in 1992 and was the first stock exchange in India to introduce screen-based automated ring less trading system. It is promoted by UTI, ICICI, IDBI, IFCI, LIF, GIC, SBI Caps, and CANBANK as a company under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956, with headquarters at Mumbai. Its objectives are : (a) to help companies to raise capital from the market at the cheapest costs and on optimal terms; (b) to help investors to access capital market safely and conveniently; (c) to cater to the needs of the companies which cannot be listed on other official exchanges; (d) to eliminate the problems of illiquid securities, delayed settlements, and unfair prices faced by the investors. There are 20 other national and regional exchanges located in metropolitan centers and other cities in India.
Operational Performance of Stock Exchanges
Exchange No. of Listed Market Total Corporate
Companies Capitalization Members Members
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Ahmedabad 551 7,681 285(323) 49(151)
2. Bangalore 253 17,812 230(245) 51(114)
3. Bhubaneshwar 43 887 222(233) 8(18)
Contd....
4. Calcutta 1,962 77,131 861(987) 78(200)
5. Cochin 90 7,244 488(464) 38(75)
6. Coimbatore 86 1,233 192(182) 42(62)
7. Delhi 1,579 30,465 379(374) 65(212)
8. Gawahati 175 786 206(175) 0(5)
9. Hyderabad 520 11,917 304(306) 23(120)
10. Jaipur 145 4,004 587(555) 0(19)
11. Ludhiana 227 7,198 275(302) 48(85)
12. Madhya Pradesh 229 6,645 188(188) 11(34)
13. Chennai 593 28,604 200(186) 49(71)
14. Magadh 29 246 193(199) 3(20)
15. Manglore 18 3,183 147(116) 2(11)
16. Mumbai 3,990 5,63,748 608(665) 71(446)
17. NSEI 422 2,17,721 873(1036) 736(918)
18. OTCEI 88 643 785(883) 544(675)
19. Pune 121 12,533 197(197) 23(59)
20. Saurashtra kutch 36 1,999 437(436) 38(85)
21. Uttar Pradesh 321 7,260 507(518) 13(103)
22. Vadodara 372 10,633 312(319) 25(65)
23. Total 11,750 10,19,573 8,476(9519) 1,917(3794)
Source : SEBI, Annual Report and RBI, Annual Report.
SHARE MARKET TERMINOLOGY
Ask price: The lowest price at which a seller is willing to offer a security of the time; also known as the ‘offer’. If a person enters a market in order to buy a security, he will usually pay the ask price.
Bear: A person who expects prices to fall and sells securities hoping to make a profit by subsequently repurchasing at a lower price.
Bid: The price at which someone is prepared to buy shares.
Brokerage: Charges made by a broker for acting as a agent in the buying and selling of shares.
Bull: A person who buys securities in the expectation that prices will rise and so give him an opportunity to resell on a profit.
Call option: An option giving the taker the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying shares at a specified price on or before a specified date.
Depreciation: Amounts charged to provide for that part of the cost, or book value of a fixed asset, which is not recoverable when it is finally put out of use.
Dividend: Distribution of a part of a company’s net profit to shareholders as a reward for investing in the company. Usually expressed as percentage of par value or as cents per share.
Equity: The general term for ownership in securities value over debit balance.
Growth stock: Stock with good prospects for future expansion, which promises capital gain. Immediate income prospects may be modest.
Limited liability: The liability of the shareholder in this type of company is limited to the extent of any unpaid capital on his shares.
Market order: An order to buy or sell a security at the next available price. A buy order is executed at the lowest price available and a sell order is executed at the highest price available. All market orders are day orders.
Mutual funds: Type of investment operated by an investment company that raises money from shareholders and invests it in a portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities.
These funds offer investors the advantages of diversification and professional management.
For these services they typically charge a management fee, which must be disclosed in the prospectus. Each mutual fund has its own investment objectives and strategies.
NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
